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Western Riffle Dace

Telestes souffia

Classification

The souffia, Western riffle dace, telestes, vairone or western vairone (Telestes souffia) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. This species is found in rivers that drain into the Mediterranean, as well as the Rhine and Danube catchments. Taxonomy The souffia was first formally described as Leuciscus souffia in 1827 by the French naturalist Antoine Risso with its type locality given as the River Var in France.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 36,432Switzerland · 137Germany · 4Italy · 1